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diff --git a/Demo/metaclasses/index.html b/Demo/metaclasses/index.html index 52d52e9..b87d2c2 100644 --- a/Demo/metaclasses/index.html +++ b/Demo/metaclasses/index.html @@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ Beaudry <i>hack</i>,'' but that's a misnomer. There's nothing hackish about it -- in fact, it is rather elegant and deep, even though there's something dark to it.) +<P>(On first reading, you may want to skip directly to the examples in +the section "Writing Metaclasses in Python" below, unless you want +your head to explode.) (XXX I should really restructure this document +to place the historic notes last. After 1.5a4 is released...) + +<P> + +<HR> + <P>Documentation of the Don Beaudry hook has purposefully been kept minimal, since it is a feature of incredible power, and is easily abused. Basically, it checks whether the <b>type of the base @@ -148,6 +157,10 @@ HREF="http://maigret.cog.brown.edu/pyutil/">MESS</A> or <A HREF="http://www.digicool.com/papers/ExtensionClass.html" >Extension Classes</A> for more information. +<P> + +<HR> + <H2>Writing Metaclasses in Python</H2> <P>In Python 1.5, the requirement to write a C extension in order to @@ -502,6 +515,8 @@ Synch module, and it would be interesting to add preconditions to it as well. This needs more research. Perhaps a metaclass could be provided that allows stackable wrappers... +<P> + <HR> <H2>Things You Could Do With Metaclasses</H2> |